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Israel’s male flagbearer at Friday’s opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is believed to have signed bombs prior to them being fired against the Palestinians in Gaza, Anadolu has reported. Peter Paltchik, 32, used social media to show him writing “From me to you with pleasure” on munitions destined for Gaza.

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[-] JayTreeman@fedia.io 119 points 3 months ago

I guess if you deny a country entry into the Olympics based on genocide and apartheid it's antisemitic

[-] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 99 points 3 months ago

The olympics let literal nazis host the games, this is entirely on brand for them.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 58 points 3 months ago

and they've been apologising for it ever sin-

-oh no wait, they haven't.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 3 months ago

look were so apolitical we just ignored that whole thing

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 27 points 3 months ago

they've also taken away medals from athletes displaying signs of solidarity with social justice movements; so yes, very on brand for them.

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